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Composers of the Week:American Symphonists

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

2/5. Donald Macleod looks at the work of two figures of American music whose influence is as great through their work as teachers as through their compositions. Walter Piston Symphony No 2 Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
Roger Sessions Symphony No 2
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conductor Herbert Blomstedt
Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor:
Herbert Blomstedt
Source: Radio Times

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